Jerome A. Roth, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), will use a 4-year, $2 million grant to study hearing loss resulting from long-term exposure to manganese and noise.
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The new study demonstrates that hearing loss is independently associated with accelerated cognitive decline and incident cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults.
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University at Buffalo (UB) scientists have received a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop a vaccine against recurrent ear infections.
Read MoreIn honor of the recent passing of Dr William House, who implanted the first pediatric cochlear implant into a child named Casey in 1980, HR shares the following video and obituary from the House Research Institute.
Read MorePatients with diabetes have a significantly higher prevalence of hearing impairment than patients without diabetes, according to a study to be published in <i>The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)</i>.
Read MoreScientists from The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital say that eliminating a particular bacteria’s DNA and boosting certain antimicrobial proteins may help prevent middle ear infections from reoccurring.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of South Florida (USF), House Ear Institute, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology have identified a genetic biomarker for age-related hearing loss.
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A look at the new International Hearing Care Technician Training Certificate for extending worldwide hearing care.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1. The discovery was recently published in
Read MoreIt has long been known that stereocilia move sideways back and forth in a wave-like motion when stimulated by a sound wave. After designing a microscope to observe these movements, a research team at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden, has discovered that the hairs not only move sideways but also change in length.
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How tele-audiometry is being used to expand hearing care services worldwide.
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If applied properly, the benefits of tele-audiology may be a saving grace for our profession.
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We Hear with Our Brains!By Douglas L. Beck, AuD (moderator/guest-editor)Cognitive Load and AmplificationBy Brent Edwards, PhDHigher-level Processing and Aided Speech-Understanding in Older AdultsBy Larry E. Humes, PhDThe Cognitive Part of Speech Reco
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Evidence suggests that collegiate musicians need and benefit from a structured educational seminar on hearing conservation and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs).
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan (U-M) and European researchers have developed a new approach to designing antibiotics that kill even “superbugs,” but spare the delicate sensory cells of the inner ear. Apramycin, an antibiotic already used in veterinary medicine, will be the first drug using this approach to be tested in human clinical trials.
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